Tag: IRS

  • The Register: Nvidia’s MLPerf submission shows B200 offers up to 2.2x training performance of H100

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/nvidia_b200_performance/ Source: The Register Title: Nvidia’s MLPerf submission shows B200 offers up to 2.2x training performance of H100 Feedly Summary: Is Huang leaving even more juice on the table by opting for mid-tier Blackwell part? Signs point to yes Analysis Nvidia offered the first look at how its upcoming Blackwell accelerators stack up…

  • Cloud Blog: Unlocking LLM training efficiency with Trillium — a performance analysis

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/trillium-mlperf-41-training-benchmarks/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Unlocking LLM training efficiency with Trillium — a performance analysis Feedly Summary: Rapidly evolving generative AI models place unprecedented demands on the performance and efficiency of hardware accelerators. Last month, we launched our sixth-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), Trillium, to address the demands of next-generation models. Trillium is…

  • CSA: The New NIST Password Guidelines & Cloud Security

    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/what-do-the-new-nist-password-guidelines-mean-for-cloud-security Source: CSA Title: The New NIST Password Guidelines & Cloud Security Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides an insightful overview of the evolution and modern challenges of password security, particularly in the context of cloud computing. The updates from NIST suggest a significant shift in password policy,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Ollama: Llama 3.2 Vision

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/13/ollama-llama-vision/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Ollama: Llama 3.2 Vision Feedly Summary: Ollama: Llama 3.2 Vision Ollama released version 0.4 last week with support for Meta’s first Llama vision model, Llama 3.2. If you have Ollama installed you can fetch the 11B model (7.9 GB) like this: ollama pull llama3.2-vision Or the larger…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is an LLM that can code well that runs on my Mac

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/12/qwen25-coder/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is an LLM that can code well that runs on my Mac Feedly Summary: There’s a whole lot of buzz around the new Qwen2.5-Coder Series of open source (Apache 2.0 licensed) LLM releases from Alibaba’s Qwen research team. On first impression it looks like the buzz…

  • Hacker News: North Korean hackers create Flutter apps to bypass macOS security

    Source URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-create-flutter-apps-to-bypass-macos-security/ Source: Hacker News Title: North Korean hackers create Flutter apps to bypass macOS security Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: North Korean threat actors are exploiting macOS by creating trojanized applications, particularly targeting cryptocurrency themes, that bypass Apple’s security mechanisms. These apps, developed using the Flutter framework, present a…

  • Cloud Blog: Efficiency engine: How three startups deliver results faster with Vertex AI

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/startups/how-three-startups-deliver-results-faster-with-vertex-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Efficiency engine: How three startups deliver results faster with Vertex AI Feedly Summary: Have you heard of the monkey and the pedestal? Astro Teller, the head of Google’s X “moonshot factory,” likes to use this metaphor to describe tackling the biggest challenge first, despite being tempted by the…

  • Cloud Blog: How PUMA leverages built-in intelligence with BigQuery for greater customer engagement

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/puma-bigquery-customer-engagement/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How PUMA leverages built-in intelligence with BigQuery for greater customer engagement Feedly Summary: Leveraging first-party data, and data quality in general, are major priorities for online retailers. While first-party data certainly comes with challenges, it also offers a great opportunity to increase transparency, redefine customer interactions, and create…

  • Hacker News: D-Wave achieves calibration of Advantage2 processor

    Source URL: https://www.dwavesys.com/company/newsroom/press-release/d-wave-achieves-significant-milestone-with-calibration-of-4-400-qubit-advantage2-processor/ Source: Hacker News Title: D-Wave achieves calibration of Advantage2 processor Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: D-Wave Quantum Inc. has announced the successful calibration of its new 4,400+ qubit Advantage2 processor, showcasing significant performance improvements over the previous Advantage system. This advancement enhances capabilities in tackling complex problems across…

  • Slashdot: Is ‘AI Welfare’ the New Frontier In Ethics?

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/11/11/2112231/is-ai-welfare-the-new-frontier-in-ethics?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Is ‘AI Welfare’ the New Frontier In Ethics? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses the hiring of an “AI welfare” researcher at Anthropic, indicating a growing trend among AI companies to consider the ethical implications of AI systems, particularly regarding sentience and moral consideration.…